What if Mrs Hong of AWC was the main character in the story? MRH seems to provide an answer to the question.
Same director, noona romances, dramas of disillusionment and reawakening, structurally very similar, elegant in their build up of tension and detail
Fragility as a cornerstone of life and relationships. Sudden deaths, complex heroines, loneliness, the family unit…
Both puzzlebox mysteries of JJ Abrams’ type, built on layers upon layers of mystery and entanglement, both contrived in their own strange, somewhat engaging way. Looking back at the roots of it all.
Circling around jealousy, detachment, desire, fear, suppressed rage, yearnings of women. Both late stage works, miniature epics in their own ways
Thorny, messy, engaging plays on the healing romance narratives-tender and warm. The director of Motel California was an assistant to Lee Yoon Jung and you can see in attention to detail, setting and atmosphere.
All in reverse. A kind of what if. The clash of traumas and fatigue under capitalism with waves of nostalgia. Traditional care, family and love as the salve for the acculturated pain.
Secret Forest mirrors much of the work, themes and ideas of the power trilogy by Park Kyung Soo particularly Punch.
What does a “mature” kdrama rom-com look like? Both dramas attempt to answer the question in flawed but interesting ways.
MMH draws upon the long tradition of female wish fulfilment kdramas in particular, it mirrors Scent of a woman heavily
HITTG is very much better but Queen of tears covers similar territory: class politics (in a silly and terrible way), family structures, patriarchy..Both centred around rich upper class families struggling to maintain power in the face of numerous crises and their own ineptitude. But in HITTG, the revolution is desired and welcomed
Yoo Bo-ra in an interview from the time of SLA airing that she was a fan of the show and its writing in particular, a certain scene at the end of Episode 4
